Gun show morons
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gregintenn
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I rarely go to gun shows anymore. They simply aren't what they once were. I will occasionally go to Cave City, KY however, as their shows are a bit reminiscent of the shows I remember as a youth.
Or the salted popcorn!
Can anyone explain to me why on earth they sell salted popcorn at a gun show??? They are walking around eating it, then they want to handle your firearm!!! I just tell them NO! you can NOT handle my firearm with your greasy, salted fingers!...Roger
Can anyone explain to me why on earth they sell salted popcorn at a gun show??? They are walking around eating it, then they want to handle your firearm!!! I just tell them NO! you can NOT handle my firearm with your greasy, salted fingers!...Roger
I don't recall being at a Montana gun show in years that food was allowed into. It must be a regional thing.
I've never been to a gun show that didn't sell food. Been to a couple that sold beer. Must be a regional thing . . .
italiansport
Member
I think all those of us who set up all feel this way. However, those youngsters are the future of the gun hobbies and without them the whole area will just die out.
I try to encourage at least the better behaved ones that visit my tables and often times will give them a really good deal on a pellet gun or their parents on a 22 to get the youngster started shooting.
Jim
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mrchuck
Member
I will be at a gun show tomorrow. In Tyler, TX.
Rarely do we see such paying patrons with these aforementioned bad habits.
Maybe it is because here in Texas, guns are as common as TV's in a house.
Yes, I have had to scold a "looker", but rarely in Texas.
Rarely do we see such paying patrons with these aforementioned bad habits.
Maybe it is because here in Texas, guns are as common as TV's in a house.
Yes, I have had to scold a "looker", but rarely in Texas.
I'm with you on the age limit! Before all you responsible parents and grandparents jump on me -- you are in the minority nowadays.
I could be mistaken, but I don't think it's legal to ask a service dog owner for proof -- that might be one of the reasons fake service dogs have become so prevalent.
mrchuck, I'd say the same. Yes, things have changed in the last 3 decades, mainly because the gun market has changed. If you don't attend shows because you can't find like new Model 29s anymore for $300, that's just life. I've never quite understood why folks here usually mention the jerky dealers. I like the samples, and I have bought some before. Yeah, there's stuff I don't care to look at, but then some of the women who get dragged in there by their clueless man, might be interested in it. The cheap pocket knives and fantasy swords bug me as much as any of it. I do like looking at the damascus blade knives. Babies, come on. Babies to do NOT belong at a gun show. Nothing like drooling, snotty, squaling brats to brighten your day at the show. Next thing, you'll see someone changing a dirty diaper on a table. Pass the Hoppe's please.
Weimar
US Veteran
I have mixed feelings on the idiots - 
I set up at a collector show In PA and the people who come can be a pain, but mostly in the minority?
Some kids, but I also have good kids come by and interested in history, I put on my pretend professor hat and give them a mini-lesson. If you can get kids interested, they'll be buyers and collectors in 10 years
It is the people who stop, who talk and do deals right in front of your table. yes, its irritating, but its just because they stand out.
Funny about Montana, I went to several shows and there wasn't food
I set up at a collector show In PA and the people who come can be a pain, but mostly in the minority? Some kids, but I also have good kids come by and interested in history, I put on my pretend professor hat and give them a mini-lesson. If you can get kids interested, they'll be buyers and collectors in 10 years
It is the people who stop, who talk and do deals right in front of your table. yes, its irritating, but its just because they stand out.
Funny about Montana, I went to several shows and there wasn't food
OP
Best place to find loopholes.
Went to a show last week for the first time in over a year. Same faces, much of the same stuff, higher prices. Wasn't all that crowded, (that'll change next month, hunting season coming), but I ran into most of the pet peeves listed earlier. The one that gets to me is when I'm at a table or a showcase, interested in a particular piece, but I can't get the attention of the dealer. He's deep in conversation with some guy who's kicking tires, has no intention of spending a dime. You'd think a dealer would be more interested in moving product than jaw-jacking. Guess not.
Last OGCA show I was at, I had the pleasure of smelling a few folks as they passed by.....guess they was in a hurry to get to the show and forgot they smelled like road kill.
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rburg
Member
One of the more amazing things....
9 years ago my son called. He and his wife had something to do and they needed a baby sitter in the worst way. And it evolved that I was the last hope. Sure, I'll take care of the little guy, but he's going to a gun show! He was well behaved and went to sleep for the 2 hour drive. Lucky kid. So we went inside and met my friends. Kids learn the hip ride real fast. It gets them up to where they can see and grandpa is good protection.
But after a while he wanted down. He was a "new walker" at the time. So I risked it. Away he toddled. And like the sea parting, so did the mass of fat old men. The little guy got a lot of smiles, but no one got in his way. And a lot of comments about breaking him in to gun shows early. Little legs get tired fast and soon he was back up on my hip, riding along.
I would suspect a huge percentage of the membership here developed their love of firearms from going to gun shows with their fathers and grandfathers. I know my fondest memories of my childhood are going to shows with my father in the 60's. A literal sea of blued steel and polished hardwoods. Brownings. Colts. Tables of M1's, 45's, Garand's, M-14's, etc. Parkers. AH Fox. I could go on all night.
My son first went at 6. I make many mistakes as a parent. Ironically, I was the world's foremost expert on child rearing and behavior before I was blessed with my boy. I don't know what happens to all that genius when you actually have children. But my son knew how to behave and not touch. He LOVED it--his grandfathers are long gone--so he loved all the attention he got from the dealers who are mostly a wise grandfatherly sort.
I can think of no better step toward eliminating our Second Admendent rights in this county than excluding our sons and daughters, until they are 18, from the American institution of the gun show, however tarnished they may be these days.
My son first went at 6. I make many mistakes as a parent. Ironically, I was the world's foremost expert on child rearing and behavior before I was blessed with my boy. I don't know what happens to all that genius when you actually have children. But my son knew how to behave and not touch. He LOVED it--his grandfathers are long gone--so he loved all the attention he got from the dealers who are mostly a wise grandfatherly sort.
I can think of no better step toward eliminating our Second Admendent rights in this county than excluding our sons and daughters, until they are 18, from the American institution of the gun show, however tarnished they may be these days.
The gun show goof balls are almost as funny as watching people at the public boat ramps. Except at a show careless people can really be dangerous.
Guess I will stick with the lawn chair and a cooler at the boat ramp, they crack me up
Guess I will stick with the lawn chair and a cooler at the boat ramp, they crack me up
M E Morrison
Member
Ugh!
One of the reasons I don't go to gun "stores" anymore--you know, big, well-lit places built in storefronts and such, as opposed to some guy's shed or over his garage--is clerks. Any time a woman or two walks in, no matter how aggressively clueless, every available clerk drops everything and begins fawning over them, answering questions like "How far do these bullets go?" and "Can I shoot this in my backyard?"
It's not even a sex thing--they're just bending over backwards because the industry and the culture wants to be ever so painfully accommodating to women shooters. But holy hell, draw a line and tell them they should think about taking a class. I like newbeans and lady shooters just fine, but I got my limits. Mostly when I can't even see the merch through the morons.
Side note: "Pardon me, ma'am, but I'd much rather gaze at that used Model 60 than your rear."
Yeah, that got me in trouble at an adult toy party....
I thought the gun show was an adult toy party.
